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I thought about an emergency post on Thursday night right after the trade. If you’re living under a rock, or a blissful paradise I’d be interested in learning about, Jerry Jones traded the best player on the Cowboys, Micah Parsons, to Green Bay for 2 1st round picks and Kenny Clark.

My emotions were all over the place. My Dad called me trying to give Jerry the benefit of the doubt, he has that luxury because he can remember a time where Jerry Jones made good moves and won Super Bowls. I don’t have that luxury. Nothing in my 29 years as a Cowboys fan has given me any precedent to think he has ever once made the right decision regarding personnel. I’m mad about a lot of factors, I’m mad first off that Micah Parsons isn’t going to be playing for the Cowboys. He is so fun to watch, he makes watching the defense as exciting or more exciting than the offense at times, something I have never experienced as a fan at any level. I’m mad they traded him to Green Bay, not because of the playoff losses but because if you’re getting their first round picks, there’s a next to nothing chance that they are picking in the Top 15, especially now with Parsons on their team. You are banking on a QB injury and maybe a few more, that’s all that can derail Green Bay from having a pick between 24-32. I’m mad as well because they play in Dallas in less than a month. The Cowboys have a new coach, new coordinators, very little experience despite some talent in the pass rushing positions, and this sets up for a disastrous collision between the two teams where Parsons gets a few sacks and everybody begins to relive this disaster just a month after the trade. I’m just mad that the same process the Cowboys have done finally got flipped on it’s head. They should have paid him last summer. These negotiations should never be ending up in Hold-outs. Look at the Eagles, this shit never happens there, especially not with elite players, they pay early and worry about the dead money later.

Now I have gotten to the point where I can see some positives. First off, Kenny Clark is a good player and having the ability to stop the run is something Dallas hasn’t had in a long time. They have some good young pass rushers in Donovan Ezeiruaku, Sam Williams, Marshawn Kneeland, and Dante Fowler. World beaters? Don’t think so, but if their offense is as good as advertised, maybe stopping the run will be enough to get some good leads, the secondary is solid and will be better once Revel is healed, if they can have a winning record when Overshown returns they can still be a Top-10 Defense without Parsons. Additionally, the 2027 Draft (not next year, the year after) is heralded as maybe the most loaded Draft of All time. It will feature, Jeremiah Smith, Ryan Williams, Possibly Caleb Downs, Arch Manning, Julian Sayin, Kaden Proctor and on. If the Cowboys can play their cards right and use one of their 1’s in 26 or 2’s to get another 1 in that pick, they could line themselves up really well for the QB of the future and not have to force him into playing early given Dak’s history. I would trade Micah for Jeremiah Smith right now, without hesitation, with contracts involved etc.

That’s the point I land. Are you really going to pay a guy $47 million a year? Not to mention with Lamb and Prescott, that’s a total of $140 million a year on 3 players. What does that do to a team like the Cowboys who do draft well and get solid homegrown talent? It leads to good guys getting paid elsewhere. Daron Bland just got his extension, Diggs is locked up if they want him, Tyler Smith is due up, George Pickens is very affordable now, and if they need more pass rush? They can go out and get some at the Deadline. If they actually take this as a reset I like the prospects of that, reload and when Washington has to pay Daniels as the Top QB, then you get in the “Glory Hole” as Jerry would say with a young QB or Dak at a discount. I just think they needed to either trade him to a bad team or force Green Bay to add another team to swap 1s with.

More on this later during the Jerry Documentary review

I dropped my daughter off at Daycare this morning and she was pumped to see me go and hang out. I was expecting to be very sad but she did a great job smiling the whole time that I didn’t get to that point. She’s the best.